311 pages : 24 cm

"From the film historian and critic David Thomson, a book that reinvents the star biography in a portrait of Nicole Kidman - and what it means to be a top actress today. At once life story, love letter, and critical analysis, this is not merely a book about who Kidman is but about what she is - in our culture and in our minds, on- and offscreen." "Here are the details of an actress's life: her performances in To Die For, The Portrait of a Lady, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, and Birth, among other films; her high-visibility marriage to Tom Cruise; her intense working relationship with Stanley Kubrick and her collaborations with Anthony Minghella and Baz Luhrmann; her work with Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Renee Zellweger, and John Malkovich; her decisions concerning nudity, endorsements, and publicity." "And here are Thomson's considerations of what celebrity means in the life of an actress like Kidman; of how the screen becomes both barrier and open sesame for her and for her audience; of what is required today of an actress of Kidman's stature if she is to remain vital to the industry and to the audiences who made her a prime celebrity."--BOOK JACKET

Includes bibliographical references and index

Strangers -- Just like us: not like us -- Australian -- Growing up -- Dead Calm -- Tom -- Introducing Mrs. Preston -- Not to be missed -- Public property, private lives -- Malice -- To Die For -- The Portrait of a Lady -- The Peacemaker -- Eyes Wide Shut -- The Blue Room -- Birthday Girl -- 'What are you looking at?' -- Rouge -- Rouge II -- Separation -- Divorce -- The Others -- The Hours -- Dogville -- Cold Mountain -- The Human Stain -- Birth -- Being interviewed -- 100 Donne Piu Belle -- Scent of a woman? -- Clothes and costume -- The Interpreter -- Gypsy -- My Belle de Jour -- That icy look? -- Bewitched -- Dangerous age -- Postscript

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